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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal"
MONDAY' KVKXI.NO,
December 20, 1913.
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WEDDING GIVES SOCIETY A JOLT
Washington "sassiety" is up against a real problem.
It seems that it has been the rule for years that no person
whose folks soiled their hands with work, or their souls
by being engaged in any useful occupation could possibly
enter the sacred domains of the real swell social set.
Miss Edith Boiling was eligible to have, entered the
holy portals of this select sect before she married, as she
belonged to one of the famous old Virginia families.
However when she married Norman Gait, who was the
proprietor of a jewelry store, and a good one, she was no
longer fit to associate with the elect. She belonged to a
lower order of humanity, to the class of people who did
something toward earning a living and besmirched them
selves by engaging in trade.
However, Mrs. Gait did not care two cents what the
anointed of the earth thought of her, having much more
interest in charitable affairs than social functions, and
o' she went her way happily with no desire to join the
bunch of social parasites whose sole pursuit in life was
mutual admiration and fawning after titles and "posi
tion." The president's choosing of a wife from outside this
select circle is what is making the members thereof a
world of worry. They can no longer ignore her, but the
trouble is that she can, if she chooses, ignore them. That
is where the society shoe pinches. That is what is mak
ing the Vere de Veres, the "Proud Miss BcBrides," those
whose grand fathers smoked cob pipes and wore hickory
shirts, wonder where they are going to get off at. They
are speculating real hard as to whether they are to be
persona non grata at the White House, and if so how they
can overcome that handicap. They could scarcely bear to
see in print a notice of a social function at the president's
home in which their names did not appear, and yet that
is what is liable to happen to them. It would be quite
.in keeping with Mrs. Wilson's sturdy Americanism to
ignore the whole bunch, and take up with people of sense,
whose main object in life was not to shine in society, but
to do something worth while.
Our good old Uncle Samuel may be a trifle slow oc
cassionally but the old gentleman is sure to deliver the
goods entrusted to him sometime. A letter has just
been delivered to the son of the man to whom it was ad
dressed, for the reason that the father has been dead
many years. It was written November 6r 1860, the day
Lincoln was elected, and from that time until it showed
up at College Station, New York, the postmark shows on
August 2:',, 1910 its location is a mystery. It reached
Zanesville, Ohio, last October and was forwarded to Pro
fessor Ward of Los Angeles, son of II. C. Ward, to whom
it was addressed, reaching him Saturday. It is rathel- a
coincidence that it was mailed the day President Lincoln
was elected and was received the day President Wilson
was married, 55 years later. Professor Ward who re
ceived the long delayed letter is three days younger than
. it. This must be that famous letter that hubby got to
mail and well you know what happens to letters your
wife gives you to mail. You see Uncle Sam havine no
wife no one went through his pockets, and so found the
letter and kicked.
Not lnnr aco artesian water4 was tVninrl in Mnrrnw
county, and some -time before that two wells were found
' ft 1- J A J? i 1. J T- .11 rt l
in vrooK county, a aispaicn irom rnneviiie, urooK
county, dated the 18th, says another well has been bored
only half a mile from that city, which flowing slowly at
first, has steadily increased in volume and was at the
time sending out 100 gallons a minute. The Morrow
county well was found at considerable depth, something
like 2,000 feet as we remember it,, but the Crook county
wells are only about 250 feet in depth. The "water was
found after penetrating about 25 feet of gravel and
quartz, which was overlaid by 150 feet of clay. This find
is of vast importance as it may eventually show the great
eastern Oregon section is underlaid with artesian water,
which would make arable vast. strptpViPn nf mnnti-u nn
vacant, just because there is no water available even for
J.. I 1 " Tl i . .
urniKing purposes, it may also provide water for irriga
tion, if so it means the adding of hundreds of millions of
dollars to the value of lands in that section.
Mavor Albee of Portland has issued nrvleva tn tVio
chief of police to be ready to enforce the prohibition law
that sroes into effect at midnight. December 21 Snla nf
liquors must stop when the clock strikes 12, but those who
are drinking will be given, a few minutes to get around
their last purchase, and there endeth the first lesson. The
second commences where the first ends, and that is that
the law will be enforced, and Oregon will in a short time
be absolutely dry outside of the weather.
The lay of the last minstrel isn't in it with that of the"
Oregon hen. In an egg laying contest at Mountain Grove,
Missouri, a pen of biddies fro mthe Oregon Agricultural
College in competition with 105 other pens of select birds,
won the prize for the month of November, producing 101
eggs. They knew their duty, understood the way Mis
souri insisted on learning things, and proceeded to show
her.
A firm in St. Louis manufacturing wooden legs for
European belligerents has had to refuse orders because
it has run out of seasoned willow wood.; This may lead to
serious complications in the United States should the fac
tory draw on the baseball bat supply for this purpose.
Even the war in Europe would not be sufficient excuse
for interfering with the game.
Villa has Quit the iob of revnlntinnizincr and will. coeV
an asylum in the United States, provided he is assured
inai exu-auiuon papers ior mm irom Mexico will not be
honored. Carranza has expressed his willingness to let
byegones be such, with all connected with the revolution
except Villa, but for him it is his back to the wall if he
ever gets hands on him.
t The doctors say the natives of Green county, Wiscon
sin, live longer than the average life because they eat
hmburger cheese. Thus does Nature make faces at her
selt and when she finds something that reconciles a man
to death uses it to prolong the life she has made a burden
not only to him, but to all his friends and neighbors.
Of course among the good resolutions for NTew Years
will be the swearing off drinking. Those in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho may be able to keep that one next
year, since the three states swear off.
if u Rippling
Rhumos
London reports 2,000,000 recruits in two weeks. As
the English army seems to be recruited to stay at home
this may account for the new one so easily "recruited."
This should give England an army of nearly six million,
at present in the "tifrht little isle." If these were nr f he
iront in the Balkans the Teuton armies would perhaps not
uu sweeping uungs Deiore tnem so steadily and rapidly.
A factory built at Gresham for the purpose of manu
facturing automobiles has not yet begun turning out the
smell wagons but instead is making an improved design
of cross-cut saws. The latter have one advantage at least :
they do not require so much gasoline, and consequently
do not send so much good Oregon money back east to
help keep John D. from becoming a county charge.
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Where'er I go, I hear men fussing, about the famous
war; its history they are discussing, and what the scrap
is for. One stands up strongly for the British, and roasts
the Rrit.fin's frua nnrl rVinri enmn V, .Vio
--vw, Hi.u wiwi ouiiic u Lilt i tuajj
gets skittish, and swats him on the nose.
One argues for the mailclad German, with
eloquence and vim, and as he warms up to
his sermon, a dornick lands on him. One
tells how France, the fiery, trounces the foe
and leaves him dead; and as he speaks a
boulder bounces three times upon his head.
With war talk I am much disgusted; it leads
to wrath and strife; each day some first
rate head is busted, or carved up- with a
knife, because its owner, verbose, windy,
with words made some one mad, kicked up a vain and
useless shindy, and got himself in bad. Oh, let us Speak
about the weather; with such a theme as that, a bunch of
us may get together, and each talk through his hat.
How the President
Keeps In Touch With
War News Day by Day
(I'nitiM 8lBti' CorrpnpanileiiPd.)
Wellington, P. ('., Dep. 20. J'rwrt
dent Wilson i a peace loving official,
Imt. the walls of tlu ciiliini't room ilo
'nut Indicate it. 11 n no maps of nil the
war mines of lluvope cover the walls
iniil on each map the buttle lines of the
I opposing ltit are drawn, Col, W. .
Hurls, the president's nid, Is in ehnrgp
!of nil the "buttle fields." Ho adjusts
the tiny flag mid colored cords w'.iich
I Indicate how the different armies are
j moving from day to dny,
I Fifiiientlyp when the president rocs
,over tcr his executive offices in the
i morning, he stops in (he cnlilnet room
lnd personally surveys the position! of
the struggling Armies, in Addition to
the Kiiropenn mans hem li l m.,
showing the position of thi V. 8.
i roops on tne .Mexican border and Ue
positions of Mexican forces.
WAiV NEWS Or ONE
TEAB AGO TODAY
lionmnnin, fl recce and Italy
wetv reported readv to jnjn the
allies in the war on the Teu
tons. Chili objected to Ger
many using her island for nav.
at bines. , The allies' drive lu
Jinnee gained some ground.
ft
If the carrier does not girt
ferric, notify the office, ,
ft Galley o' Fun !
mrm
5 fcW I
Officer (to recruit reporting sick)
rVhat 1b the matter with you?
Recruit Pain in my abdomen.
Officer Abdomen ,Je hanged: It's
stomach you mean.No one under a,
captain has an abdomen.
' AN OBJECT LESSON.
The Rev. Theddeua Morrison was
troubled. At first he had been able to
Interest the young people of his pnr
Ish and they had attended hlg early
evening service in large numbers, but
of late the attendance had been decreasing.
"I do not understand it," he said.
His fair young parishioner blushed
and hesitated.
"The nursery," she suggested at
Ip.Bt.
Now, the nursery was an Innova
tion upon which the young preacher
prided himself. In order that devout
women, who otherwise might be kept
at home, could attend church, be had
set apart a room where their bal!c.
might be left In charge of volunteer
nurses from the Sunday school. Of
course, the Idea was not original wiih
him, but he was the first to introduce
it in this particular parish, and ho
was hurt by the reflection that seemed
to' underlie the word just spoken.
"In such a parish as this," he pro
tested, "that seems to me little short
of an inspiration."
Again the fair young parishioner
blushed.
"Will you put yourself in the placo
of an impressionable young man who
has come to church because well, bo
cause someone wanted him to?" she
asked. v
"With pleasure," he replied.-
"Very well," she said. "Here we
are. We have strolled here slowly
through the side streets. I have been
holding your arm" here she laid her
hand gently on the Rev. Thaddeus
Morrison's arm and looked shyly up
into his face "and we have been talk
ingsoftly, sentimentally. It linn been
a sort of dream love without thonpo
ken word. You know what such
dreams are like?"
"Ye-yes!" answered the youn
preacher, drawing in a long breath.
"All peace and beauty and senti
ment a soothing mental panorama
of perpetual bliss," went on tho fair
young parishioner, "and the service
and the sermon do not In the least In
terfere with the dream. Indeed, thoy
rather lead you on, and still further
soften and idealize the picture. That's
why lovera like thechurch; they do not
come to make love, hut the tranquil,
devout atmosphere of the clmrrh
helps to create love. So you continue
your dream you are in love wiih me;
and I know it."
Again she looked at him, and ho did
not seem to bo in the least disposed
to' hurry her.
'Now, remember, you are in love,"
she cautioned. "You won't in the least
appreciate the point unless you enter
heartily into the spirit of the. affair.
Are you in the right mood?"
"I am," he faltered. And this was
not even a white lie, either.
"You have decided to tell ma on the
way home, and I know it a girl al
ways knows that and I encourage
you by holding your arm a little tight
er and seeming to resign trustingly to
you. You know how INs?"
"I do now," the preacher admitted.
"Very well, then; we will now go."
Thus they passed up the aisle and
through the door Into the voe'lbule,
from which opened a little anteroom
the nursery. Instnntly the scene, the
whole atmosphere, changed. Three ba
bies were squalling In rivalry, others
were creating trouble in various ways;
ceveral mothers were scolding, one
distracted woman was weeplnrr, and
the pandemonium reigned generally.
"How about that dream now I"
"It Is gone!" be sighed.
"And, knowing it, am I to blame If
I lose Interest In the Sunday evening
service?" she Inquired.
"I'll have the nursery changed," be
sntd. "I'll bave it secluded, and
then H
J'Well?" v
We We might try this over again
just to see It the conditions aro
right, you know."
"Hut think I" she cautioned. "Sup
pose they should happen to be right?"
"I I believe I "am quite ready to
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